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SB160
173131-1:n:02/03/2016:LFO-PG/bdl SB160 By Senators Hightower, Glover and Figures RFD Finance
and Taxation General Fund Rd 1 09-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would create the Alabama Gulf
Coast Sand Restoration Trust Fund to be administered by the Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources. This bill would require that funds received by the state derived from the
sale of certain sand in Alabama waters would be deposited into the trust fund and would provide
for the distribution of interest to Mobile County for the maintenance and preservation of
waterways and beaches. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To create the Alabama Gulf Coast Sand
Restoration Trust Fund; to provide for the administration of the fund; to authorize investment
of funds; to specify distribution of interest earned; and to specify that funds would not
revert to the General Fund or any other fund. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a trust fund to be...
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SB180
SB180 ENGROSSED By Senators Dial and Allen A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To establish the Alabama
Transportation Safety Fund for the receipt of designated revenues to be utilized for the maintenance,
improvement, replacement, and construction of state, county, and municipal roads and bridges
within the state; to authorize monies in the fund to be expended for the payment for road
or bridge projects or as matching funds for any federally-funded road or bridge projects;
to restrict the use of monies in the fund; to provide for the establishment of the Alabama
Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program (ATRIP) Advisory Committee and to provide
that certain funds would be expended only for county projects authorized by the committee;
and to require public announcement of new projects and periodic reporting on ongoing projects.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. As used in this act, the following
words have the following meanings: (1) DEPARTMENT. The...
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SB226
SB226 By Senator Orr ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Section 20-2-23, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended
by Act 2015-316 and Act 2015-368, 2015 Regular Session, relating to Schedule I of the controlled
substances list, to include additional controlled substances; and in connection therewith
would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local
funds within the meaning of Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing
as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as
amended. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 20-2-23, Code of Alabama
1975, as amended by Act 2015-316 and Act 2015-368, 2015 Regular Session, is amended to read
as follows: §20-2-23. "(a) The Legislature finds the following: "(1) New synthetic
substances are being created which are not controlled under the provisions of existing state
law but which have a potential for abuse similar to or greater...
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SB269
SB269 By Senators Livingston and Orr ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Section 21-2-2, Code of Alabama
1975, to clarify that state entities apply the purchasing preference for services provided
by certain individuals with disabilities under the direction of the Department of Adult Blind
and Deaf of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind; and to require the board to ensure that
approved services do not adversely impact services provided under the federal Randolph-Sheppard
program. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Section 21-2-2, Code of Alabama
1975, is amended to read as follows: §21-2-2. "Whenever any of the products or services
made, provided, or manufactured by the blind, visually handicapped, deaf or other severely
handicapped persons individuals with disabilities under the direction or supervision of the
Department of Adult Blind and Deaf of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind meet the requirements
of any department, institution, or agency supported in...
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SB335
SB335 By Senator Sanford ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Sections 40-2A-3, 40-2A-6, 40-2A-12, 40-2A-13,
40-2A-14, and 40-2A-15 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Alabama Taxpayers' Bill
of Rights and Uniform Revenue Procedures Act; to further define terms; to further require
signed and dated written authorization for examining the books and records of a taxpayer under
certain conditions; to require certain disclosures; to further provide the time frame in which
a private auditing or collecting firm engaged by a self-administered municipality or county
may commence an examination; to require certain confidentiality requirements; to provide for
an independent hearing or appeals officer; to require a public official or employee of the
taxing authority sign the final assessment; to provide minimum education requirements for
examiners of private auditing or collecting firms; and to require the Alabama Local Tax Institute
of Standards and Training Board to establish a hotline to...
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HB155
173176-1:g:01/30/2016:EBO-DHC/ebo-jk HB155 By Representative Polizos RFD Ways and Means General
Fund Rd 1 09-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: This bill would provide a cost-of-living increase for state
employees for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2017. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To provide
a cost-of-living increase for state employees for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2017.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Beginning with the first pay day after
October 1, 2016, all state employees who are listed in the classified and unclassified service
of the state as defined in Section 36-26-10, Code of Alabama 1975, and all other state employees
and hourly employees of the state, except those set out in Section 3, and all legislative
personnel, officers, and employees, whether subject to the state Merit System or not, and
all employees of the county health departments who are employed subject to the state Merit
System and whose compensation is paid out of a budget provided and...
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HB258
173440-1:n:02/03/2016:LFO-KF*/bdl HB258 By Representative Scott RFD Financial Services Rd 1
18-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under current law, Certified Public Accountants, Attorneys, and Enrolled
Agents are required to obtain a license or certification in order to prepare tax returns in
Alabama. However, there are few provisions in place to protect consumers against individual
income tax preparers that repeatedly misrepresent information on their tax returns. This legislation
would require certain tax preparers to register with the Department, prior to preparing returns,
which will help regulate services, prohibit unregistered persons from performing said services,
and establish penalties for violators. It would also establish qualifications for registration,
requirements of disclosures to consumers, and exemptions to those obligated to register. The
legislation also establishes an Individual Tax Preparers Fund that will be used to provide
for the cost associated with the administration and...
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HB264
173853-1:n:02/10/2016:PMG*/cj LRS2016-556 HB264 By Representatives Fincher, Mooney, Whorton
(I), Holmes (M), Hanes, Martin, Hurst, Millican, Johnson (R), Whorton (R), Ledbetter, Harbison,
Fridy, Wingo, Polizos, Drake, Ainsworth, Williams (JW), Moore (B) and Beckman RFD Education
Policy Rd 1 18-FEB-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the State Board of Education is required
to establish curriculum standards for all K-12 public schools. This bill would terminate the
use of the standards commonly known as the Common Core Standards, also known as the Alabama
College- and Career-Ready Standards. This bill would direct the State Board of Education to
replace the Common Core Standards for Math and English Language Arts with the courses of study
for Math and English Language Arts in place immediately prior to adoption of the Common Core
Standards and use these transition standards in K-12 public schools for the 2016-2017 school
year. This bill would require the State Board of Education to revise...
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HB393
Rep(s). By Representative Johnson (K) HB393 ENROLLED, An Act, Relating to industrial
hemp; to authorize the Department of Agriculture and Industries to administer an industrial
hemp research program; to authorize the production of industrial hemp
to be used for the manufacture of industrial hemp products; and to amend Section
20-2-2, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide further for the definition of marijuana. BE IT ENACTED
BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the
Alabama Industrial Hemp Research Program Act. Section 2. As used in this act
the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Agriculture
and Industries. (2) GROWER. Any person, business entity, or cooperative licensed to grow industrial
hemp by the department or an institution of higher education pursuant to this act.
(3) HEMP PRODUCTS. Any and all products made from industrial hemp, including,
but not limited to, cloth, cordage, fiber,...
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HB493
175972-1:n:03/17/2016:KBH/th LRS2016-1220 HB493 By Representatives Hanes and Williams (JW)
RFD Judiciary Rd 1 05-APR-16 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a person is strictly liable for
civil damages for causing injury or damage to a person or a domestic animal of a person as
a result of using traps or other similar devices on public lands to take, capture, or kill
a fur-bearing animal protected by the laws of this state. This bill would repeal the law requiring
strict liability for civil damages for causing injury or damage to a person or a domestic
animal of a person as a result of using traps or other similar devices on public lands to
take, capture, or kill a fur-bearing animal protected by the laws of this state. A BILL TO
BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to trapping animals and strict liability for civil damages for
causing injury to a person or an animal on public lands; to repeal Section 9-11-264 of the
Code of Alabama 1975. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1....
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